Honey-extractor.



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PATENT OFFICE.

HONEY-EXTRACTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,305, dated August9, 1904.

Application filed November 30, 1903. Serial No. 183,154. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES VVEsLEY MET- OALF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of San Diego, in the county of San Diego and Stateof California, have invented a new and Improved Honey-Extractor, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for separating honeyfrom the comb by centrifugal action, an object being to provide amachine for this purpose of simple construction and having a novel meansfor limiting the outward swing of the honey-carrying baskets.

I will describe a honey-extractor embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a honey-extractorembodying my invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional details showingthe manner of constructing the carryingframe.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a tank having an outlet 2 forhoney extracted from the comb. Arranged to rotate in the tank is a framecomprising a central vertical shaft 3, which is preferably made tubularand has its screw-threaded lower end engaged in a vertically-disposedportion 4 of the lower hub or socket member, and also connected to avertically-disposed portion 5 of said socket member is an extension 6for engaging in a step-bearing 7. (See Fig. 2.) The upper end of theshaft 3 has screw-thread engagement in the downwardly-extended socketmember 8, and from an upwardly-extended member 9 of said socket member ashort shaft 10 extends upward through across-bar 11, and removablymounted on this shaft 10 is a bevelpinion 12, engaged by a bevel-gear 13on an operating-shaft 14, having bearings in standards 15 16, attachedto the cross-bar 11. The shaft 10 has a reduced extension 10, whichextends into and has a bearing in the shaft 3.

Having screw-thread engagement with the horizontally-disposed socketmembers 17 of the lower hub are arms 18, and also extended outward fromthe horizontally-disposed members 19 of the upper hub are arms 20. Thelower arms 18 have bearings 21 for receiving the lower ends of verticalshafts 22, said vertical shafts passing through bearings 23 at the endsof the arms 20, and on the upper ends of the shafts 22 aresprocket-pinions 24, engaged by a sprocket-chain 25, said sprocket-chainhaving a portion engaging with sprocket-teeth 26, secured to the shortshaft 10. The several lower arms 18 are braced andconnected one withanother by tie-rods 27, and the upper arms are braced by tie-rods 28.

Attached to the shafts 22 is a frame consisting of a bar 29, in whichthe honeycomb-baskets are removably supported. The baskets 30 haveperforated opposite sides and are open at the top, so that the honeycombmay be readily placed therein. The side portions of the baskets areprovided with slots 31 for receiving the lower bars of the frames 29,the said slots 31 having outward openings, and at the upper end the sideportions of the baskets are provided with pins 32, the pins at one sidebeing designed to engage with vertically-disposed portions of thebasket-carrying frames, while the pins at the opposite sideare designedto engage with the shafts 22, thus holding the baskets in asubstantially vertical position as the carrying-frame is rotated.

From eyes 33 on the vertical portions of the frames 29 chains 34 extendto connection with a ring 35, surrounding the shaft 3 and movablevertically thereon. These chains will limit the outward movement of thebaskets, but will prevent the reversing of the same, as will behereinafter described.

In the operation the combs containing the honey are placed in thebaskets and then by rotating the frame through the medium of the shaft14 the honey at the outer side of the baskets will be thrown outward bycentrifugal action and passed down to the bottom of the tank and outthrough the spout or outlet 2. After extracting the honey from one sidethe rotation of the shaft 14 is to be quickly reversed, consequentlyreversing the rotation of the carrying-frames, through the medium of thesprocket-chain. \Vhen thus reversed, the baskets will swing inward andthen outward, presenting the other side in a position for extracting thehoney During this swinging movement of the baskets the ring 35 will movedownward on the shaft 3, and when the baskets swing outward the ringwill move upward. By employing the socket members the several parts ofthe carryingframe may be quickly assembled and at a comparatively smallcost.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A honey-extractor comprising a tank, a framemounted to rotate in said tank and comprising upper and lower socketmembers, a shaft engaging with the vertically-disposed members of saidsocket-members, arms eX- tended outward from the horizontally-disposedparts of said socket members, shafts having bearings in the outer endsof said arms, baskets carried by said shafts, and flexible deviceshaving connection with the baskets and sliding connection with thefirstnamed shaft.

2. A honey-extractor comprising a tank, a

vertical shaft therein, arms extended outward from said shaft at theupper and lower ends, shafts having bearings in the outer ends of saidarms, sprocket-pinions on the upper ends of said shafts, sprocket-teethon the firstnamed shaft, a sprocket-chain engaging with said teeth andwith the sprocket-pinions, basket-carrying frames on the last-namedshafts, and flexible connections between said frames and the first-namedshaft.

3. A honey-extractor comprising a tank, a frame mounted to rotate in thetank, shafts having rotary connection with the frame, basket-carryingframes arranged on said shafts, a main shaft arranged in the frame, aring movable on said main shaft, and chains connecting said ring withthe basket-carrying frames.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES WVESLEY METCALF.

itnesses:

W. J. h IOSSHOLDER, DELIA A. SEVERIN.

